I want to give my strong support for this proposal. Call them "curly" quotes.
The term "smart" is BAD in this context. Just like how short cars are not
"smart" even if people say that, only self-driving cars deserve that name. --
Darren Duncan
On 2016-12-04 10:04 AM, Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev (via RT) wrote:
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Code:
say ‘hello
Result:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Unable to parse expression in smart single quotes; couldn't find final "’"
at -e:1
------> say ‘hello⏏<EOL>
expecting any of:
argument list
smart single quotes
term
From this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark (perhaps not the
best reference, but still):
“The "smart quotes" feature in some computer software can convert vertical
quotation marks to curly ones”
“Curved and straight quotes are also sometimes referred to as smart quotes (“…”) and regular quotes
("…") respectively; these names are in reference to the name of a function found in
several word processors that automatically converts straight quotes typed by the user into curved
quotes, attempting to be "smart" enough to determine which typed quotes are opening and
closing.”
There is nothing “smart” about these quotes in our case. In fact, I type these
quotes directly and am somewhat pissed off by the message (these quotes did not
get into my code accidentally because some software decided to change them).
I suggest to refer to them as “curly quotes”, this is perhaps the best way
(other ways would be “book” and “typographic”, but again this is a bit off).
